it definitely rebounded. >> at the same time, david, some of the cities that had, you know, fair to best during the downturn are now showing some weakness, chicago and new york, the only two cities with negative returns in the month of october. what's going on in those two markets? >> well, i think the first thing to recognize is what you pointed out. they didn't have the incredible boom going on. so they've been a lot more classic. those are markets where i think there are some other concerns related to local economic base. new york is highly dependent on financial services. and financial services, despite the stock market, have not been doing as well as they might. and have seen a lot of slowness. and rumors of layoffs. so there are areas that are a bit weak. even with those, i think on a national basis housing continues to be very solid. >> would you anticipate, david, seeing any sort of impact in sort of a higher income areas, in states, california, the northeast, because of the fiscal cliff? do you think that's going to show up eventually in the data? >> actually, i think the bigger